"Grancey" was the name of the last owners of the chateau situated on the road of Corton, before the Latour family bought it in 1891. This wine, produced by Maison Louis Latour, is unique and exclusive. It is a blend of four areas of Domaine Latour Corton Grand Cru: Bressandes, Perrières, Grèves and Clos du Roi, the proportions of which vary depending on the vintage. The average age of the vines is over 40 years. After aging individually, only the best barrels are assembled to create the Château Corton Grancey. It is a wine that is produced only if the grapes are of a perfect maturity, vintages judged inferior are systematically declassified.

Vinification & Ageing

Fermentation

Traditional in open vats

Ageing

10 to 12 months ageing in oak barrels, 35% new

Barrels

Louis Latour cooperage, French oak, medium toasted

Wine tasting

Tasting Note

Our Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru is a very fine wine, with supple tannins, a superb aromas and an infinite length in the mouth.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2016 - James Suckling - February 2018 - 99/100Love the depth of fruit and intensity of this wine. It has dark fruit
and floral undertones, as well as meat, which is very captivating. Full
body, purity of fruit and nice, powerful tannins. Chewy and powerful.
Focused austerity. A wine for the cellar. Try in 2022.

Wide, deep,
concentrated - great pure fruit on the nose. Silk, narrow entry but growing,
growing width, depth and concentration - the intensity is not as insistent as
some but that's probably a good thing. Really a lovely mid and finishing
palette of flavour. Composed but with a lot to give. Super length...

The various different plots which make up this 'house blend' of Corton are vinified separately and assembled when the wine is taken out of barrel. Darkish red purple, a real sense of concentration to the nose, tightly wound. Then much more supple on the palate with very good length, correct tannins, a little bit of fresh acidity too. Good length. (Tasted prior to bottling)

This wine from the Corton Grand Cru vineyard is packed with tannins as well as smoky fruit. It is richly structured and firm, yet the fruit is equally powerful, showing bold black fruits struck against bright acidity. (USA)

A rich
style, sporting cherry, raspberry, spice and earth flavors. Moderate tannins
lend support, white the flavors persist on the long finish. Though balanced
overall, this tightens up at the end, suggesting that the best is yet to come.
Best from 2021 through 2038.-B.S. - USA

There is plenty of the classic Corton sauvage
character present on the intensely earthy, ripe and attractively fresh
combination of various red berry fruit scents. The sleek, big-bodied and tautly
muscular flavors possess excellent size, weight and concentration while
exhibiting a moderate level of youthful austerity on the beautifully persistent
finish. This is presently quite tightly wound and a wine that is going to need
at least 8 to 10 years first and reward 15 to 20. 2030+ Allen Meadows (USA)

Ooh - a bright, persistent and perfectly focused berry fruit to the
fore. Supple, more depth of texture, a growing tannin, that's very fine
but bordering on dry. Just a great big, massive Corton, but without hard
or sharp edges. This is seemingly classic - wait 20 years to start
harvesting! Bill Nanson (UK)

Solid Burgundy with dried-strawberry and cherry character. Full-bodied,
chewy and rich. A little one-dimensional now, but this shows the quality
of the vintage and will develop beautifully in bottle. Drink or hold.

The 2014 Corton Grancey Grand Cru has quite a perfumed bouquet with redcurrant and cranberry aromas, raspberry coulis and a subtle marine influence that becomes more pronounced as it opens with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannin, a little gritty in texture with a healthy pinch of white pepper towards the solid finish. Give this a couple of years and you should have a decent, if a little rustic Corton.
Drink: 2018 - 2027 (USA)

This
is a blend from several Grand Crus on the Corton hill. It is rich and spicy,
with great black fruits and solid tannins. A powerful wine, it's shot through
with acidity and black-plum fruits throughout the structure. Drink from 2023.
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A gorgeously fresh and notably more complex nose exhibits notes of both red and dark cherry, cassis, spice, game and forest floor. The sleek, intense and impressively concentrated flavors are imposingly scaled before concluding in a stony, well-detailed and overtly muscular finish that delivers outstanding length. Like the Perrières this is very clearly built-to-age and is going to need a minimum of a decade first. /2029+

There is density and intensity to this tight red, with cherry, strawberry, spice and mineral flavors remaining persistent through the finish. Balanced and long, leaving a mouthwatering impression. Best from 2019 through 2032.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2013 - James Suckling - June 2015 - 93/100A
beautiful and complex red with flowers, dark fruits, citrus and spice
character. Full body, firm tannins and a bright finish. Tight and dense.
Seamless and very pretty. A nice blend of different vineyards of Corton. Better
in 2017.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2013 - Burghound.com - Avril 2015 - 92/100Here too very generous wood all but dominates the nose though aggressive swirling allows the earthy and sauvage-inflected dark berry fruit aromas to be appreciated. There is an opulent mouth feel to the broad-shoulderedflavors that possess better ripeness of the structural elements on the lingering finish. This is the best of these Corton Grands Crus.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2013 - Tim Atkin - January 2015 - 94/100 (UK)Louis Latour has substantial holdings on the hill of Corton, both red and white. The latter tends to garner most of the attention, but this domaine red is delight, showing classic Corton restraint and subtle red fruits, but none of the rusticity than seems to come with the territory on occasion. By Tim Atkin (UK)

A
modest intensity aromatic, pretty, slightly powdered red fruit with a fine
accent of freshness. Bright, fresh ebullient. Really fills the mouth, halo-ed
with a little dryness of tannin. Layers of flavour, though like the Vigne aux
Saint, this is less open to be really enjoying today, nice, clean and direct
finishing flavour that still holds some dryness of structure. By Bill Nanson (UK - Tasting of Cortons 2012)

From vines around the Latour winery, this is a generous and full-bodied wine. It has ripe tannins along with fragrant acidity and swathes of red-berry fruits cut with acidity. Structured and dense, it has weight and the potential for richness as it ages. Drink after 2020. By Roger Voss (USA)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2012 - Apstein on Wine - December 2014 - 96/100With their 67+ acres
of Grand Cru vineyards, Louis Latour owns more of those precious plots than
anyone else in Burgundy. They are best known for their stellar
wines from the Grand Cru vineyard of Corton — both red and white. Their
flagship red, Corton Grancey, is a blend of wine made from grapes grown in four
Grand Cru plots — Corton Bressandes, Corton Perrières, Corton Clos du Roi and
Corton Grèves — located on the hill of Corton. Always a superb wine,
their 2012 Corton Grancey is outstanding. Concentrated and dense without
being overblown, it delivers both ripe and savory elements. The polished
tannins lend support and a luxurious texture. Very long, it has the requisite
balance to develop gracefully over the next two decades. Michael Apstein (USA)

Château Corton-Grancey Grand Cru 2012 - Burgundy Report - June 2014 - "I like very, very much!"A large part of this cuvée is from Bressandes, augmented with grapes from Clos du Roi, Grèves and Perrières.
The colour is a little deeper. The nose has more impact than the previous two Cortons (Clos du Roi and Perrières) - but today it is a rather monolithic whole after the last wines. In the mouth, however, this is much more exciting; with many dimensions of flavour, growing intensity and a real energy about it - this, I like very, very much! - Bill Nanson

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2012 - Burghound.com - April 2014 - 92/100A restrained and brooding but beautifully complex nose offers up cool red and dark berry fruit aromas that are liberally laced with pungent earth, spice and sauvage hints. On the palate there is more size, weight and concentration than in any of the prior Corton grands crus as well as notably better depth and persistence of the balanced and built to age finish. By Allen Meadows (USA)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2011 - Wine Enthusiast - September 2014 - 92/100Corton Grancey is the site of Louis Latour's winery and has a long tradition in the family's hands. This 2011 is powerful and solid while offering very ripe and jammy fruits. Attractive acidity cuts through the richness and contracts with the finely modulated. It has a good aging potential, drink from 2018.-R.V.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2011 - Burghound.com - May 2013 - 93/100The brooding, ripe, cool and complex dark berry fruit aromas are very Corton in personality as there is plenty of sauvage character present. There is excellent richness and power to the broad-shouldered flavors that exhibit solid mid-palate concentration, all wrapped in a robust, muscular and moderately rustic finish. This is quite promising though it will need time.2023+. By Allen Meadows (USA)

The aromas include cassis and white flower, very refined and fresh, and lead to a somewhat tannic attack, with much substance on the palate. Although I think the 2012 seems to have more dry extract, hence a lower score. But I could easily drink this with a choice prime rib of beef.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2010 - Burghound.com - April 2012 - 92/100Generous but not dominant wood fights somewhat with the otherwise pure, pretty and restrained aromas redolent with plenty of the classic earth and animale character of a classic Corton. There is a beguiling freshness and sense of energy to the focused and sleekly muscular full-bodied flavors that possess reasonably good depth but excellent length on the balanced finish. There is both limited rusticity and austerity and 2010 is actually a relatively refined vintage for this wine. 2020+ By Allen Meadows (USA)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2010 - Wine Enthusiast - November 2012 - 93/100 "Cellar Selection"A firm, powerful wine, its tannins still very dominant. Acidity is a factor, along with deep red-plum fruit. Some sweetness will develop in the next several years, although this concentrated and complex wine will also have a solid core of dry, structured tannin. Age for at least 5 years. (USA)

Red Burgundy doesn't come much more opulent and
powerful than this: a case of Corton's natural power combined with the
seductive ripeness of the 2009 vintage. Rich cherry fruit with a touch of cassis,
smoky, toasty, cocoa and mocha flavours hiding velvet-soft tannins and then a
twist of orange peel giving freshness to the finish. All too drinkable now, but
deserves to be cellared a few more years and could be kept at least ten more.
And save some budget and cellar space for the 2010. (By Joanna Simon, UK)

Moderately
intense colour. Complex nose, blackberry jam, brambles, earthy notes and dried
meat. Mouth is firm with very delicate tannins. An "iron hand in a velvet
glove". On the finish, there is nothing less than voluptuous and balance that
makes it a perfect food match.

Lovely calm and harmonious nose, with soft
smokiness and ripe, rich fruits. Such delicious sweetness and resolution here,
with all the coffee and red fruits, but not as striking as the Vigne Saint or even
the Vosne Romanées, it is lighter with less substance but has such lovely
layered intensity and such fine tannins and acidity that I think this might
just be in a slightly dumb phase - it is really very good, but perhaps will be
better in a couple of years. (UK)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2009 - Wine Spectator - February 2012 - 92/100 A little stern on the nose, but boasting ripe, juicy raspberry and spicy cherry on the palate. This is very supple and lively, with power and a lingering aftertaste of spice and mineral. Best from 2014 through 2027. (USA)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2009 - Burghound.com - May 2011 - 91/100 A ripe, pretty and, surprisingly expressive nose features aromas of red berries, warm earth, cassis and a hint of the sauvage that can also be found on the open and already accessible flavors that possess fine complexity on the long and mildly austere finish. This should age and improve over the next 12 to 15 years. 2021+. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2009 - Chris Kissack - January 2011 - 17-18/20Bright and youthful, with no greater density of hue then any of the more basic wines that preceded it. The fruit here has a fresh and ripe style, crunchy, vibrant and with darker elements than some, notes of black cherry over the fresh, vibrant, perfumed raspberry. Supple, well styled, very polished and harmonious. The oak seems to be taking the crunchy-gritty edges off the fruit here, although it is still dense and interesting, and shows lots of robust spice at the finish. A good, integrated structure here, solid, spicy and sappy in the finish. There are some tannins running through it behind the polished fruit too. Good potential here, with a tannic and acidic structure that should age well. (UK)

Château Corton Grancey 2008 - Wine Spectator - April 2011 - 90/100The cherry and strawberry aromas and flavors deliver purity, but there is also a firm base of tannins that need to be resolved. Thus, this is balanced on the dry side, yet long and spicy. Best from 2013 through 2023.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2008 - Burghound.com - April 2010 - 89-92/100Mild wood influence does not compromise the transparency of the fresh and earthy red pinot fruit nose that exhibits a slight sauvage character that can also be found on the energetic, detailed and tautly muscled middle weight flavors that possess good richness and more refinement than usual on the serious, long and linear finish where a touch of austerity can also be seen. 2018+. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2008 - The World of Fine Wine - March 2010 - 16/20Medium-deep ruby. Balanced, clean, and lightly nutty on the nose. More powerful than racy, but there is still considerable finesse and a refined quality to the tannins. - NB. (UK)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2006 - Wine Review Online - March 2009 - 92/100Corton, the only grand cru vineyard for red wine in the Cote de Beaune, is large and produces wines of variable quality. Latour, the largest owner of the vineyard, makes one of the best. Corton Grancey, a proprietary--not a plot--name, is a blend of wine from Latour's best grand cru plots within the Corton vineyard. It has a core of ripe, almost sweet, red fruit that is immediately captivating. Unusually forward wine for a Corton, it still has a firmness that will take years of cellaring to soften. Even at this stage, there are nuances of leafiness and earthiness that are the hallmark of Burgundy. Not an intense wine--this is not the Cote de Nuits--it has marvelous persistence nonetheless. By Michael Apstein (USA).

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2006 - Wine Spectator - May 2009 - 90/100Berry and cherry flavors lead off, with the firm structure showing its hand by the finish. This is pretty balanced. Best from 2012 through 2022. By Bruce Sanderson (USA).

By contrast a very early vintage, hot and ripe. A
blend of four different Corton parcels. Fine, attractive colour with ruby and a
touch of blood and brick at the rim. Very delicate subtle complexity, a touch
of dried blood and tobacco or dried herbs, and still quite bold red fruits.
Delicious freshness on the palate, with a smooth, refined cherry fruitiness and
although there is obvious ripeness in this hot year, it has a lovely edgy and
briar freshness and little endive and cardamom notes. Very long and fine. (UK)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2005 - TheFineWineTimes.com - February 11th, 2010 - "Pretty delicious"Pretty delicious actually. Spicy, red and black-currant nose, forest fruits with fresh frambois at the fore. Hints of undergrowth, cream and loams. Decently rich wine, good concentration with a developed melange of red and black spicy fruits, minerality and well judged lick of light new oak. The fruits really shine through here and its nice to taste a wine with such purity without a gigantic whack of oak getting in the way.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2005 - Wine Spectator - March 2008 - 92/100A rich, somptuous red, with a velvety structure and cherry compote and spice notes. It has a sweetness at its center, but lively acidity and firm tannins too. Good lingering finish. Approachable now, but will get better. Best from 2012 through 2028. (USA)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2005 - Burghound.com - April 2007 - 90-93/100A very subtle touch of wood frames a spicy red berry fruit nose that dissolves into rich, full, wellmuscled and sweet flavors that possess a good deal more volume and while the mid-palate is supple and round, the finish has the firmness that one expects from a big Corton. There is much better balance here and this should age well. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2003 - The International Wine & Food Society - October 2017 Big rich powerful more spicy Corton from a uniquely hot year. Yet has
cooler fruit with only 13.5 alcohol and balance in this big format.
Louis-Fabrice states their aim is to pick fruit that will show finesse
and charm in the resulting wine. Property just 10 metres from the recent
DRC acquisition in Corton.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2003 - La Revue du Vin de France - February 2006 :Quite dense robe, nose that is fruity and intense; ripe and very effusive. A treat. Velvety, luscious palate. Ready to drink, but with a great potential of cellaring. Will have to resist a premature de-corking. (France)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2002 - South China Morning Post - January 2013 - "Fruit Intensity"Developed notes of mushroom, truffles and undergrowth. Full-bodied with good fruit intensity, balanced acid and long finish. Can drink now but has capacity to age for another decade.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2002 - Wine Tomas Word Press - December 2012 - 93/100Nose: cherries, ripe strawberries, some zest, mineral, somewhat developed notes with undergrowth and decaying leaves, spice, some tar.
Palate: good concentration, ripe strawberries, very strong mineral notes, good acidity, some spice, well integrated and rather mild tannins, very mineral aftertaste.
Summary: excellent elegance and balance, very good minerality for a red wine. Developed, but can take much more cellaring.
By Tomas (Word Press - Sweden)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2002 - Wine Spectator - February 9th, 2005 - 91/100Cherry, licorice and spice notes are dense, persistent and well-integrated into the structure. This rustic style is tightly wound and really builds on the palate to a long finish. (USA)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2001 - Burghound.com - April 2004 - 88/100Medium ruby. A nicely elegant, moderately earthy, fresh and quite aromatically complex nose that is decidedly riper than any of the preceding wines leads to denser, richer, fuller and more muscular flavors and a sweet and happy finish. There isn't a great deal of definition however but there is good underlying material and a firm finish. A solid if not better effort that should require 6 to 8 years to be at its best. 2008-13. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2001 - Bettane & Desseauve - August 2005 - 15/20 Old way great Burgundy, the best to match wild poultry where its aromatic complex nose and its fine body will do great. (France)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 2000 - Burghound.com - April 2003 - 90/1002000 Corton-Grancey. Ripe, explosive and rich dark fruits are followed by the biggest and richest flavors of any wine in the range as there is excellent character, very good volume plus solid density and superior length. This is simply delicious in the best sense of the world yet there is enough structure present to suggest that this will benefit from 7 to 10 years of cellar time. An impressive wine. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 1998 - My Wines And More - May 2013 - 90/100Ruby, garnet rim. Chocolate, coffee, prunes, sos bois, scented and a deeper feel to it. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, refreshing, a little bit oaky texture, more or less at peak, drink over the next two years or so, long.

Château Corton-Grancey Grand Cru 1998 - Wine Magazine - May 2003 - 88/100 « Savoury and light with a touch of raspberry fruit and notes of vanilla and spice on the palate, with appealing acidity ». CM
« Nice weight of truffle fruit. Starts quite sweet but is a touch hollow in the middle. Gets better on the finish with hints of violets and mint. Age 0 ? 2 years ». DS

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 1995 - Wine Advocate - August 1997 - 84-85/100Light-to-medium ruby-colored, the Corton-Grancey displays sweet strawberries in the nose as well as in its silky-textured character. A lovely raspberry soda-flavored and light-to-medium-bodied wine to quaff, it is simple, beautifully-textured, and made for near term drinking. As always, ratings with a score in parentheses indicate the wine was tasted from cask, not bottle.

1992 Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru - The Wine - November 1998 :This wine, from the '92 vintage, is very mature according to Derek, while bili found it soft, rich and classy. Susan was full of praise, saying really well put together. Rich and luscious but with great balance. Sweet and highly drinkable.

1992 Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru - The Wine Magazine - November 1998 - 90 points : This wine, from the 92 vintage, is very mature soft, rich and classy. Susan was full of praise, saying 'really well put together. Rich and luscious but with great balance. Sweet and highly drinkable'.

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 1990 - Burghound.com - July 2008 - 91/100The nose has reached full maturity and offers up notes of game, some secondary fruit aromas and ample earth nuances that continue onto the rich, full and still nicely firm full-bodied flavors underpinned by moderate tannins and excellent length. This avoids any dryness on the finish as well as the sometimes green aspect that certain 1990s display on the nose. In sum, a lovely wine that has reached its apogee but one that should also hold for many years to come. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Haunting, beguiling and seductive, so much finesse
so much soulful, deep red fruit pulp ripeness but also smoke and tobacco,
truffle and just a touch of undergrowth, but really it is creamy fruit. The
beautiful fragrance transfers seamlessly to the palate. So much fruit, a
complete strawberry fruit pulp punch with fabulous depth and delightful tannin
and acid structure - still giving lovely support with the sweet fruit
persisting. (UK)

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 1953 - Burghound.com - July 2006 - 90/100This is a curious wine in the sense that it's exceptionally attractive but drinks nothing at all like one would expect from a Corton-Grancey. The beautifully expressive nose is wonderfully spicy and elegant with round, supple and pretty medium weight flavors that have resolved all of the underlying tannin, culminating in a nicely long finish. Blind, I would have immediately said Romanée St. Vivant rather than something which displayed the usual robustness of Corton. Be that as it may, this is attractive and drinking perfectly now. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru 1945 - Burghound.com - April 2006 - 95/100Still quite ruby in the middle though there is obvious bricking at the rim and the aromas are classic aged Corton with strong notes of sous bois, warm earth, game, leather and a hint of spice. The flavors are still vibrant and there is more than a trace of structure with good richness and fine length. This is in outstanding condition at 58 years of age and is an altogether lovely wine that is fully mature but sufficiently fresh that it can continue to be held without concern. Another bottle tasted with Wilf Jaeger at his 1945 tasting was even fresher and finer than the one reviewed above. And it will continue to hold without difficulty. A great effort. Another bottle opened by Douglas Barzelay was also simply outstanding. Tasted three times now with remarkably consistent notes for a wine of this age and different provenances. By Allen Meadows (USA).

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